The New Entertaining Humorist [T98707]
- DMI number:
- 1244
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T98707
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124606734
- Shelfmark:
- BL - 012314.f.13
- Full Title:
- THE | NEW ENTERTAINING | HUMORIST. | BEING A | COLLECTION | OF | MISCELLANIES. | IN PROSE AND VERSE. | AMONGST WHICH ARE, | [2 columns] [column 1] The advantages of chearfulness. | The art of happiness. | The mock-doctor. | Adventures of a tye-wig. | A match for the devil. | History of the Platonic ladies. | The civil husband. | The amorous groom. | Adventures of an English sailor. | The water of folly. | The jealous husband outwitted. | The curious wife. | The merry escape. | Justice a-la-mode. | History of Tom Wildair. | History of the ape of Marseilles. | The leaky vessel. | [/column 1] [column 2] | The circle of human life. | The humorist. | Who breaks the ice. | The pig. | Loves of Ludovico and Honorio. | The lyar. | The country justice. | The power of scolding. | The furniture of a beau's mind. | The furniture of a woman's mind | The fair nun. | History of Selim. | Riches and glory. | Example for married ladies. | The merry monarch. | The royal cuckold. | Story of Charles II. &c. &c. &c. [/column 2] | [double rule] | BERWICK: | PRINTED FOR R. TAYLOR. | MDCCLXX.
- Place of Publication:
- Berwick
- Genres:
- Collection including prose
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [4], [1]-284pp.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: 'Contents', 2pp; 'Introduction', pp.[1]-6
- Title:
- The New Entertaining Humorist [T225972] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1785
- ESTC No:
- T225972
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Author:
- R. Taylor
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Talk of blooming charms and graces
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While others idle tales relate
- Page No:
- pp.20-27
- Poem Title:
- A Match for the Devil.
- Attribution:
- By T. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- First Line:
- A king in youthful charms arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.35-43
- Poem Title:
- The Amorous Groom. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man is cursed who takes a she
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There lived in Derby near the Peak
- Page No:
- pp.54-59
- Poem Title:
- The Curious Wife. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever has a cause dependant
- Page No:
- pp.72-77
- Poem Title:
- Justice à la Mode. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hirco an old but amorous blade
- Page No:
- pp.96-102
- Poem Title:
- The Leaky Vessel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When good king Jemmy wore the British crown
- Page No:
- pp.113-115
- Poem Title:
- The Merry Monarch; or Knighthood a Jest. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some husbands on a winter day
- Page No:
- pp.123-129
- Poem Title:
- The Pig. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Remote from cities in a country town
- Page No:
- pp.137-141
- Poem Title:
- The Lyar: An Heroic Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir John a country magistrate
- Page No:
- pp.151-153
- Poem Title:
- The Country Justice.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On reading over your proclamation
- Page No:
- pp.164-168
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Scolding, a wonderful Tale
- Attribution:
- by Jack Lovefun.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When infants are born by experience we find
- Page No:
- pp.179-180
- Poem Title:
- The Furniture of a Beau's Mind.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- We sage Cartesians who profess
- Page No:
- pp.189-194
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Nun, or Woman an Overmatch for the Devil. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In fruitful Lombardy of yore
- Page No:
- pp.203-217
- Poem Title:
- The Royal Cuckold.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A virtuoso had a mind to see
- Page No:
- pp.228-230
- Poem Title:
- The Incurious. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Learn by my fate you fumblers of threescore
- Page No:
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus Aglaus a man unknown to men
- Page No:
- p.247
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With envy fraught and malediction
- Page No:
- pp.256-260
- Poem Title:
- Measure for Measure. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A set of phrases learnt by rote
- Page No:
- pp.267-269
- Poem Title:
- The Furniture of a Woman's Mind.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath a court's luxuriant skies
- Page No:
- pp.274-276
- Poem Title:
- The Mill. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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